How To Get The Most Out Of Your Recruitment Partner

How to Get the Best from Your Recruitment Partner

A job description is a useful starting point when engaging an external recruiter, but it rarely tells the whole story.

To find the right person, your recruiter needs to understand what you want them to achieve, the challenges they’ll face and, importantly, why they should choose your organisation.

Here are three key questions worth exploring together.

1. What would you like this individual to achieve in 12 months?

This is one of the most important questions you can answer.

Are they expected to grow a service, improve operational performance, strengthen a team or lead a period of change?

Understanding your objectives helps your recruiter look beyond a job title to identify the skills, experience and leadership qualities needed to deliver the results you want.

2. What immediate challenges will they face?

What will the successful candidate walk into?

Perhaps there are staffing pressures, operational challenges, a service that needs developing or a team that needs stronger leadership.

Sharing this information helps your recruiter focus on candidates who have the experience to address these challenges.

It also sets realistic expectations from the outset. Being open about the role, including its challenges, helps candidates make informed decisions and reduces the risk of a mismatch that could affect retention.

3. Why should someone choose your organisation?

Healthcare professionals with in-demand skills often have several opportunities to consider. Your recruiter needs to understand what makes yours stand out.

Think about recent investments, organisational performance, future growth plans, new facilities, technology and planned capital expenditure. Add the benefits that matter to candidates, from career progression and leadership to culture, working environment and financial rewards.

If your ideal candidate were sitting in front of you, and you knew they were interviewing with a competitor for the same role, how would you persuade them to choose you?

Your answer reveals the selling points that could make the difference.

Sharing these insights equips your recruiter to have compelling first conversations with candidates and gives them a genuine reason to explore the opportunity.

Give your recruiter the tools to succeed

A successful recruitment search is about more than a job description. It’s about understanding what you need someone to achieve, the challenges they’ll face and what makes your organisation an attractive place to work.

The more insight you share, the better equipped your recruiter will be to identify the right people and engage them in meaningful conversations.

If you’re hiring and struggle with candidate engagement, we can help. At Fertility Talent, we deliver a candidate experience that attracts, engages and retains top talent.  Contact us on LinkedIn or simply call us on 01904 230002.